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HR6178

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:25 | Tran: 7:33 | Set: 8:42
Alt: -47.53°   Az: 93.87°   Direction: East

HR6178 is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR6178 visual magnitude is 5.91. Because of its faintness, HR6178 is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of HR6178 star
DSS2 image of HR6178. The red arrow shows the motion of HR6178 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 40m 46s
-37° 15’ 55”
15h 51m 20s
08h 32m 06s

J2000

16h 39m 05s
-37° 13’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

345.1°
6.38°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR6178.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.91
Main-sequence

0.29
B9V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR6178 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR6178. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR6178 is distant 434.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

133.16
434.09
3 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
-0.047"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO207878
SAO207878

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR6178 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.3°
Max altitude: 1.3°
Azimuth: 232.7°